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pc keyboard `insert`, `ctrl`-`arrow` not passed to guest
Describe the issue
Events for the insert key on a standard pc keyboard are not seen by the vm, unless I enable usb passthrough for the keyboard - but if I do that, of course the keyboard can't work in osx apps. ctrl-arrow (either ctrl, any arrow) also don't work, with only the control event being passed through and the arrow being dropped. However, ctrl-shift-arrow does work.
To verify whether the events are seen in the guest or not, I am using xev -event keyboard. Other keys cause press and release events, but the aforementioned fail.
On the host, if I open karabiner events viewer, it does show events - so it's not a case of a broken keyboard or a lack of support in osx.
I could translate ctrl-insert / shift-insert to ctrl-x / ctrl-c using karabiner but it seems like utm ought to be able to see these events. Even if I do, that doesn't solve the problem of plain insert not being sent - or the problem of some apps handling the insert combinations differently than they do ctrl-x/ctrl-c.
I have tried with karabiner disabled just in case it was the problem, but there was no change.
screenshot showing insert and ctrl-arrow:
While I originally saw this in a NixOS VM, I also had a Debian 12 VM from the UTM Debian 12 image. When I tried there, I was able to reproduce the issue. Both are using KDE as the UI, though I doubt that would impact keyboard events.
Configuration
- UTM Version:
4.6.4 - macOS Version:
Sequoia 15.3.2 - Mac Chip (Intel, M1, ...):
M4 Max
Crash log
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Debug log
debug-debian12-keys.log.zip
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